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HAT. RACK;

Patented N v.- 2%, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. HUSS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR O F THREE-FOIIRTHS TOADOLPH HUSS, CHARLES W. HUSS, AND CHARLES J. STEINAU, ALL

OF SAME PLACE.

HAT-RAG K.

SPECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent NO. 268,023, dated November28, 1882.

' Application filed September 4, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. HUss, a citizen of the United States,residing at (Jincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat and Coat Racks,of .which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a rack provided with a convenient lockingdevice, whereby a hat and coat or other garment can be so secured as tobe removed only bythe custodian of the key of said locking device, ashereinafter more fully described, and pointedout in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my safety-rack,a hat being shown locked thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of therack, taken in the plane of the locking device. Fig. 3 'is a horizontalsection taken in the plane of the tubular socket. Fig. 4 is an enlargedtransverse section of said socket,

taken in the plane of the stop-pin. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of amodified form of the ratchet-bar.

A represents a sole or base plate, capable of being readily attached toa wall or partition or other support, said plate having cast with it orrigidly attached thereto a lateral stem or bracket, B, provided with anaxial bore, 0,

0 this bore being preferably square in transverse side is groovedlongitudinally at F to admit the stop-pin b, which latter is fastened inthe stem B. The inner end of the groove F terminates with a shoulder, f,that prevents the bar D being drawn completely out of the tubu- 0 larholder B 0. (See Fig. 3.)

Coupled at g to the exposed end of ratchetbar D E is a rod, G, thelowerportion of which bears against a hook, H, projecting rigidly from theunder side of socket B O. Rod G 5 carries a block or other suitabledevice, I, of such a shape as to readily support a hat, J. Adapted tobear against the rear side of this block is a cushion or pad, K,composed of rubber, leather, or other elastic material, the frontsurface of said pad being concaved, as seen v in Fig. 2. I

Secured to stem B G is a lock, L, of any appropriate construction,thespring-boltof which l, is adapted to snap into the ratchet-teeth E ofsliding bar D. I I

N is a rigid arm, to the outer end of which is applied the pad orcushion K.

To use my safety-rack, the possessor of the key that opens the lock Lhas simply to retract its bolt 1, so as to enable bar D to be drawn outfar enough to permit the hat J being placed on block I. Bari) is thenforced back so as to cause the lower end of rod G to bear against thehook H, and at the same time to clamp the hat firmly between block I andpad K, as seen in Fig. 1, the bolt Zinstantly snapping into theappropriate ratchet of said bar D. Evidently the but cannot now besurreptitiously detached, except by such an exertion of force as woulddestroy it, against which proceeding this rack is not supposed to be asafeguard, the object of theinvention being to prevent garments beingcarried off by mistake or by sneak thieves, who have but limited time tooperate in.

It is also evident that a coat can be hung on the hook H and be securedat the same time the hat is locked on the rack, the jointg and pad Kallowing the rod G to swing sufl:i ciently to compensate for theadditional thickness of the coat or other garment applied to the book.The invention, however, may be modified by making the rod Gin one piecewith the ratchet-bar D, asseen in Fig. 5; but in this case a garmentcould be secured only by throw-ing it over the block I and then applyingthe hat on top of the garment.

I claim as my invention- 1. A safetyhat-rack consisting of pad K,support I, and rod G, which latter hasaratchet-bar, D E, traversing thesocketB G, a lock, L I, being employed for securing the hat when it isclamped between said pad K and support I, as herein described.

2. The combination of tubular socket B G, sliding ratchet-bar D E, rodG, support I, hook H, pad K, and locking device L l, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. HUSS.

Witnesses JAMES H. LAYMAN, ADOLPH Hess.

